Obama slips, still has lead  —  Poll finds Romney support growing among males while the President commands a large section of central and northern Ohio.  —  ZOOM  —  The Ohio Newspaper Poll  —  The telephone poll - which used both land lines and cell phones - of 1,015 likely voters across Ohio …

Obama offered to reestablish full ties with Iran, Israeli paper reports  —  Israel was told about and opposed president's diplomatic incentives package, initiated soon after he took office, and Iran rebuffed it, according to Maariv  —  Soon after he took office, President Barack Obama began …

Why I Am Pro-Life  —  HARD-LINE conservatives have gone to new extremes lately in opposing abortion.  Last week, Richard Mourdock, the Tea Party-backed Republican Senate candidate in Indiana, declared during a debate that he was against abortion even in the event of rape because after much thought he …

Barack Obama for Re-Election  —  The economy is slowly recovering from the 2008 meltdown, and the country could suffer another recession if the wrong policies take hold.  The United States is embroiled in unstable regions that could easily explode into full-blown disaster.

Third Party Nihilism: The Arguments Can Always Get Worse!  —  To its credit, the occasional inexplicable book-plugging interview aside Salon no longer promotes Camille Paglia.  Alas, it is now fairly regularly publishing Matt Stoller, who is sort of Paglia but 1)with fewer references to Madonna …

Minnesota Poll: Obama leading, but Romney sees gains  —  The president's 3-point lead in state is within poll's margin of error.  —  As the presidential race tightens across the country, a new Star Tribune Minnesota Poll has found that it is narrowing here as well, with President Obama holding …

RNC chief Priebus: Voters are ‘not talking’ about Mourdock remark  —  Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said on Sunday that he doesn't believe comments made by two Republican Senate candidates surrounding rape and abortion will cause a backlash against Mitt Romney.

Obama did not deny requests for help in Benghazi: Aide  —  The White House on Saturday flatly denied that President Barack Obama withheld requests for help from the besieged American compound in Benghazi, Libya, as it came under on attack by suspected terrorists on September 11th.

Obama assails Romney's Massachusetts record  —  NASHUA, N.H. - During a New Hampshire campaign stop Saturday, President Barack Obama focused on Mitt Romney's record as governor of the state that's less than an hour south of here, Massachusetts:  —  “During Governor Romney's campaign …

Romney lands key endorsement in crucial swing state - Iowa  —  (CNN) - The Des Moines Register, Iowa's largest newspaper, endorsed Mitt Romney for president Saturday, reversing its 2008 support for President Barack Obama and marking the first time the paper has endorsed a Republican in 40 years.